Novels for students
Subtitle: presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780787686864
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Literature; Study and teaching (Higher); American fiction; History and criticism; Fiction
Description: Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this reference's content.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Alas, Babylon  -- Pat Frank; title: The alchemist  -- Paulo Coelho; title: Anthem  -- Ayn Rand; title: Bless the beasts and children  -- Glendon Swarthout; title: Bread givers  -- Anzia Yezierska; title: A day no pigs would die  -- Robert Newton Peck; title: Einstein's dreams  -- Alan Lightman; title: Eva Luna  -- Isabel Allende; title: I, robot  -- Isaac Asimov; title: The magic mountain  -- Thomas Mann; title: Mansfield Park  -- Jane Austen; title: Something wicked this way comes  -- Ray Bradbury; title: Utopia  -- Thomas More; title: Year of impossible goodbyes -- Sook Nyul Choi.